Epcot

I have officially started scrapbooking my Epcot pictures from our trip to Disney in March 2009. I've completed Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom so far. I have the most photos to crop from Epcot and then its just Hollywood Studios left to scrap. I don't have as many pictures for Hollywood Studios. Last night and today I got in some really good scrapping time. I was able to scrap a total of eight pages - yeah! Off to a good start. Here is a double layout I did last night for Let's Scrap. The layout worked with these photos really well. I used our Noel Mignon kit "Eyes of Blue" and lots of embellishments from Jellibean Soup, Jenni Bowlin, Maya Road, Tim Holtz, CTMH, Making Memories and Stampin Up! I was really pleased with how it turned out. Hope you enjoyed seeing it. Have a fantastic day and happy scrapping!

Mallory Square

Heather and I visited Mallory Square in Key West while Rob and Andy went to a dive museum. We went to a cute little gift shop filled with beautiful things and we bought two cute little mermaid magnets for the fridge. We also went to the Ron Jon Surf Shop in Key West. We came all the way from Jersey where Ron Jon has it's original store in Long Beach Island and we go to one in the Keys ~ funny! While at Mallory Square we walked to the pier where every night they have a party and watch the sunset. We were leaving to return to Key Largo that day so we were unable to watch the sunset from the pier. Too bad the night before was overcast and we didn't get to see a Key West sunset ~ disappointing. There are lots of fun places and things to do in Key West and we had a great time!

A Beautiful Day

This picture was taken in Key West this past summer. We all walked out onto a very long pier and took some great pictures. The ocean was beautiful. I did this sketch for Sketch Inspirations and used Chatterbox papers and embellishments.

Ernest Hemingway

We visited Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West. It was a beautiful old home which was surrounded by a brick wall. We were told the bricks used to build the wall came by ship. They would start building the wall until they ran out of bricks and would stop until more bricks came which could be months. It took a long time to build the wall because the property was the length of the block. The bricks were all different sizes. We didn't go into the house but enjoyed seeing it. I used a layout from Inspired Blueprints for this page.

Blue Heaven

This two page layout was done using a Let's Scrap sketch. I used Stampin Up! papers and lots of embellishmentsby Jillibean Soup and Jenni Bowlin. While in Key West it was recommended to us by our hotel to have breakfast at a restaurant called Blue Heaven. Even though it was close to 90 degrees and humid we walked there from our hotel. Boy was it hot! When we got there, we ate outside under an umbrella and a huge tree gave the whole place shade. There were chickens walking all around and everyone was feeding them scraps. Heather and I had homemade yogurt and granola with fruit. It was delicious and the best we'd ever had. The restaurant had a lot of character and was very old. We really enjoyed it. We were told that they used to hold boxing matches there and Ernest Hemingway would officiate at them. After breakfast we walked over to Ernest Hemingway's home and across the street was the Key West lighthouse. It was a lot of fun. Rob and I plan to go back there to eat when we go to Key West again this February.

Stanley Park

These photos were taken at Stanley Park in Vancouver. The gardens are the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen. While in the park we ate lunch at Prospect Point, saw the totem poles and walked over to this lookout where we saw the lighthouse and bridge that our ship went under on our way to Alaska. When we sailed under the bridge there were people on it who were cheering and wishing us well. The park was my favorite place in Vancouver. I did this layout for Sketch Inspirations.

"Engaged"

Robby & Christine's Engagement Party

This photo is from Robby & Christine's engagement party. I used the Basic Grey new paper line "Origins". I made the branches and leaves with the Sizzix Sizzlits Die called "Branch, Cherry Blossom". The flowers and birds were punched using two of my Stampin Up! punches. The phrase "Capture the Memories" is from Technique Tuesday "Everyday Words by Ali Edwards". I really love this paper line ~ it's so pretty. This layout was done using sketch #106 from Sketch Inspirations. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog!